Filling-can.



LF GRANDA.

FILLING cAN. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1907.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

Inventor Louis Granola by 9799mm witnesses.

LOUIS GRANDA, OF PA-NA, ILLINOIS.

FILLING-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2'7, 1909.

Application filed December 20, 1907. Serial No. 407,442.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS GRANDA, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pana, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filling-Cans; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with a claim particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to dispensing cans, and more especially to those which are used for filling and are called filling cans; and the object of the same is to produce an improved sliding nozzle for a can of this kind.

More particularly my invention is applicable to cans which contain powder for miners use, and to the sliding nozzle which is applied thereto by the miner when he receives and opens the can in which the powder was shipped and desires to apply the nozzle so that he can fill his cartridges and make other use of it.

The invention consists in a nozzle which is slid into position in place of the closure with which the can was originally sealed, a cap for closing this nozzle when the can is not used for filling purposes, and other details-all as willbe fully described in the following specification and as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the nozzle and cap complete. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the cap removed. Fig. 4c is a bottom plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the nozzle alone. Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of the can with this nozzle and cap in place but the flap not yet turned over to hold it there. Fig. 8 is a plan view of Fig. 7 with the flap turned over.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the can which is usually cylindrical in shape and of metal and has a hole in its top not shown. The prevailing custom of closing this hole is to solder or secure upon the can a rectangular piece of metal having three of its edges bent over as at 2 and its fourth edge formed into a flap 3, and this piece of metal has a hole registering with that in the can. The closure is another rectangular piece of metal without a hole and of a size to be slid in under the turned over edges 2, itself having a bent up lip 41: which is adapted to pass over the flap 3, and then the latter is bent over the lip so as to hold the closure in place. lVhen a powder can so closed reaches the miner, the prevailing custom is for him to open it with his jack knife or by the use of the point of his pick, by first bending outward the flap 3 and then engaging his finger or some tool behind the lip and drawing out the closure; but the parts often stick in place and it is impossible for him to open the can in this way, and the result is that he frequently strikes a hole in the top of the can and pours the powder out of the hole. This practice is quite dangerous as will be seen, and in certain localities laws have been passed prohibiting it. In any event it leaves a hole in the top of the can which can not well be closed afterward, and the contents are liable to damage. The present invention is designed for use in cans of this kind, and provides a nozzle which can be slid into the place of the closure after the latter has been removed, through which nozzle the miner can pour the contents of the can at will.

It is not considered necessary to give further illustration and description of the method, as many of its details will be made clear by what follows.

As perhaps best seen in Figs. 1 and 6, 5 is the base plate here shown as substantially rectangular in shape, and f is its lip. This plate has a central hole, around which is secured a nozzle 6, which preferably tapers upward therefrom and is open at its upper end. 7 is a cap preferably also made tapering and closed at its upper end as at 8, and 9 is a hook secured by any suitable means 10 to the front of the cap, and having a sharp point 11. This cap is of a size to fit fractionally over the nozzle as best seen in Fig. 7 All parts are of metal, preferably of tin or sheet iron, and of the desired shapes and sizes to cooperate with the cans now on the market. It is not absolutely necessary that the base plate be rectangular unless the closure plate on the can is of the same shape, as they both might be triangular or other suitable shapes to cooperate with each other.

The operation of this device is as follows: lVhen the can is received by the miner closed as above described, he opens the flap 3 and removes the closure plate in the manner set forth above, and in order to do so the hook 9 and its point 11 Will be of assistance so that he shall not have to use a pick or other dangerous instrument. After Withdrawing the closure plate, the base plate 5 is substituted for it and slid into place, and when its lip t has passed over the flap 3, the latter is turned over upon it so as to hold the nozzle in place as indicated in Fig. 8. Thus a shipping can has been converted into a dispensing can of the filling type, and the nozzle of this dispensing can is closed by a removable capall parts being fireproof. When it is desired to pour out of this, the cap is removed and the can inverted, and the contents will of course run out of the nozzle.

That is claimed as new is The combination with a dispensing can having a hole in its top, and a rectangular perforated plate secured thereover and having turned over edges and a pliable flap; of a nozzle, a rectangular perforated base plate fixed to the lower end of the nozzle and adapted to be slid under said turned over edges, and an upbent lip at one edge of said plate adapted to slide over the flap and to be engaged thereby, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this, the 7th day of December, 1907.

LOUIS GRANDA.

Witnesses FRED J. PIERCE, LOGAN G. GRIFFITH. 

